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Important sources on the Huang He include Lynn Pan, Into China’s Heart: An Emigré’s Journey Along the Yellow River (1985), a valuable look at life in the basin. Pictographic appreciations are given in Foreign Languages Press, Along the Yellow River (1975); and Kevin Sinclair, The Yellow River: A 5000 Year Journey Through China (1987). K.J. Gregory, The Yellow River (1980), presents a brief descriptive survey. Charles Greer, Water Management in the Yellow River Basin of China (1979, reprinted 2012), combines treatment of general hydrology, historical management, and the inception of the modern basinwide multiple-purpose project. Lucien M. Brush, M. Gordon Wolman, and Huang Bing-Wei (eds.), Taming the Yellow River: Silt and Floods: Proceedings of a Bilateral Seminar on Problems in the Lower Reaches of the Yellow River, China (1989, reissued 2013), provides more-focused analyses by technical specialists. A useful text on the management, implementation, and environmental consequences of dam construction and hydroelectric generation is provided by Justin Fong, Xiaolongdi Dam: A Study of World Bank Environmental Management in China (1998). Su Xiaokang and Wang Luxiang, Deathsong of the River: A Reader’s Guide to the Chinese TV Series, trans. and annotated by Richard W. Bodman and Pin P. Wan (1991), presents commentary, interpretation, and English-language transcription of a precedent-setting documentary on the river’s role in Chinese civilization as well as in modern development.
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| Modified link of Web site: PNAS - Recent anthropogenic curtailing of Yellow River runoff and sediment load is unprecedented over the past 500 y. | Aug 14, 2026 | ||
| Added Quick Facts box. | Dec 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Recent anthropogenic curtailing of Yellow River runoff and sediment load is unprecedented over the past 500 y. | May 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Evolution of the Yellow river estuary and its sedimentation problems. | Apr 19, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - Earth Observatory - Building Up the Yellow River Delta. | Sep 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - A Critical Review of the Crucial Role of the Yellow Rivers Sediment in the Interfacial Migration and Fate of Pollutants and Prospects for the Application of Environmen... | May 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Persistent effects of the Yellow River on the Chinese marginal seas began at least ~880 ka ago. | Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Removed media. | Oct 28, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Huang He Valley. | Feb 07, 2021 | ||
| Media revised. | Nov 09, 2020 | ||
| Changed article title from "Huang He" to "Yellow River." | Apr 17, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 28, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ChinaKnowledge.de - The Yellow River. | Feb 12, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 01, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Yellow River. | Feb 15, 2016 | ||
| Article revised and updated, and a new section on plant and animal life added. | Jan 21, 2016 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jan 18, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Wildlife Fund - Yellow River, China. | Jan 14, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - The Huang He River, China. | Feb 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Louisiana State University - Department of Geology and Geophysics - Yellow River (Huang He) Delta, China. | Feb 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Travel China Guide.com - Yellow River, China. | Feb 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - World - Huang He, China. | Aug 18, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Huang He. | Aug 18, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Washington State University - The Yellow River Culture. | May 19, 2009 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Mar 29, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Mar 29, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Yellow River Home Page, by Prof. George Leung. | Jun 13, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |
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